Tri-City News December 2 2021

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Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

Young people get a chance to talk about mental health

Gauging the temperature on climate change

Noisy trains keeping neighbours up at night

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OH HEAVENS

HOMELESSNESS

PoMo shelter kept busy during extreme weather events Kyle Centre facility has hosted as many as 15 guests/night DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Terry Fox Ravens defensive lineman Kaiden Exner celebrates his team’s 27-12 victory over the Notre Dame Jugglers last Saturday at BC Place Stadium to advance to the BC Secondary Schools Football Association’s Subway Bowl championship this Saturday against the G.W. Graham Grizzlies from Chilliwack. For more photos and a story, see Page 36. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

An extreme weather shelter that opened last month in Port Moody has been filling up, shelter operators say. The Kyle Centre has been open to house as many as 15 people during extreme weather events, since the winter shelter was approved by Port Moody city council, and has regularly been seeing about 10 people a night. With huge rain storms

deluging the region by as much as 126 mm of rain in a 24-hour period, the shelter has been a lifeline to keep people safe, says the CEO of the Phoenix Society, which runs the shelter. “People come in at night wet, cold and incredibly grateful to have a place to dry off, collect some warm clothes and have a safe place to sleep. One individual who has been regularly accessing this service gets up at 5 a.m. to go to work every day and without the program would still be sleeping outdoors,” said CEO Keir Macdonald. Typically, guests arrive via transit or with their carts, SEE

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